March 28, 2006 – 11:50 pm
In one of those bitter twists of irony, the wife of the architect who is at the center of the recent building structure data scandal has leapt to her own death from a housing complex.
Forging quake resistance data for several years the architect, Aneha Hidetsugu, has been embroiled in a controversy that has seen [...]
[Electro Rock] Psydoll are the product of the latest advances in robotics, and play some sweet scrapped electronics sounds. Some folks may remember these cyber-Goths from their invasion of the UK in the middle of 2005. Custom Mummy is more a general mixed-up thumping electronics act and is hot enough to intersperse his act with [...]
March 27, 2006 – 11:10 pm
Germany was assaulted by Japanese Goth earlier this month when six bands (plus Igor and his ferret, Truffle), got inside the country’s third largest Goth magazine. Pictures, interviews and song samples all made their way into Astan Magazine. One band had already forged ahead with the magazine - Aural Vampire. The other five and Igor [...]
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March 27, 2006 – 11:00 pm
Japan’s biggest live Goth event is now located at its new home at Shinjuku’s Marz club (see TDC #17 report). Every Tokyo Dark Castle is crafted to ensure consistancy and enjoyment throughout the night. Bands who play at TDC are always worth tracking down at other events. The event is not dress coded, but many [...]
[Gothic Lolita/Goth Live & DJ] Alamode Night is an interesting event more oriented towards the Gothic Lolita set. To be honest I have not ventured there, but tonight’s event has Violet, Wakana, Raveman and Selia all putting in an appearance - that is an appealing mix. They also have an abundance of booths/exhibition space so [...]
March 27, 2006 – 11:00 am
Club Walpurgis began as a Goth/Punk club in the 1980s. 18 years after the original club closed down Walpurgis returned as a club event in 2005 with a heavy emphasis on 80s alternative, glam, gothic, industrial and electroclash. In 2006 Club Walpurgis will play each month (on the third Saturday of every month from May).
Tonight’s [...]
Gizenrou/Earth of Hypocrisy is a hot dark metal album (ha, I got my copy at Murder TV last weekend!). It plays hard and fast with instrumentals loud and crisp and Awi’s eerie vocals coming on nice and strong. This release takes you to the core of Agent Murder and is one of the most satisfying [...]
March 22, 2006 – 12:40 am
Agent Murder’s new album is now on sale in the United States through Amazon.com! Gizenrou/Earth of Hypocrisy is also due for release on Amazon.co.jp on March 23.
The preview releases sold out at the band’s Murder TV gig showing the new sounds are hot and what the people want.
Playing hard and fast with Awi’s unique screeching [...]
March 22, 2006 – 12:30 am
Police found three bodies in a van in Hyogo on Tuesday. This followed an earlier group suicide that left two women dead and a man seriously injured on Monday. In both cases charcoal was burnt to cause death by asphyxia.
According to reports, at least 21 people have died during March in group suicides. It is [...]
March 21, 2006 – 11:40 pm
Vampture Records - The latest music video from Anders Manga for the song “Gypsy” is now online at andersmanga.com. This video is the forth video released from the album, “Left of an All-Time Low” which was released worldwide January 13th, 2006 on Vampture Records.
“We were lucky to find this old abandoned Bible College here in [...]
